Moshi Moshi
Banana Yoshimoto
A beautiful translation . . . Yoshimoto deploys a magically Japanese light touch to emotionally and existentially tough subject matter: domestic disarray, loneliness, identity issues, lovesickness . . . [a] nimble narrative. ―ELLE In Moshi Moshi, Yoshie's much-loved musician father has died in a suicide pact with an unknown woman. It is only when Yoshie and her mother move to Shimokitazawa, a traditional Tokyo neighborhood of narrow streets, quirky shops, and friendly residents that they can finally start to put their painful past behind them. However, despite their attempts to move forward, Yoshie is haunted by nightmares in which her father is looking for the phone he left behind on the day he died, or on which she is trying--unsuccessfully--to call him. Is her dead father trying to communicate a message to her through these dreams? With the lightness of touch and surreal detachment that are the hallmarks of her writing, Banana Yoshimoto turns a potential tragedy into a poignant coming-of-age ghost story and a life-affirming homage to the healing powers of community, food, and family.Binding Type: HardcoverAuthor: Banana YoshimotoPublisher: Counterpoint LLCPublished: 12/13/2016ISBN: 9781619027862Pages: 200Weight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.00dReview Citations: Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2016Booklist 11/15/2016 pg. 23Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 91Publishers Weekly 12/12/2016
Book Title
Moshi Moshi
ISBN
9781619027862
A beautiful translation . . . Yoshimoto deploys a magically Japanese light touch to emotionally and existentially tough subject matter: domestic disarray, loneliness, identity issues, lovesickness . . . [a] nimble narrative. ―ELLE In Moshi Moshi, Yoshie's much-loved musician father has died in a suicide pact with an unknown woman. It is only when Yoshie and her mother move to Shimokitazawa, a traditional Tokyo neighborhood of narrow streets, quirky shops, and friendly residents that they can finally start to put their painful past behind them. However, despite their attempts to move forward, Yoshie is haunted by nightmares in which her father is looking for the phone he left behind on the day he died, or on which she is trying--unsuccessfully--to call him. Is her dead father trying to communicate a message to her through these dreams? With the lightness of touch and surreal detachment that are the hallmarks of her writing, Banana Yoshimoto turns a potential tragedy into a poignant coming-of-age ghost story and a life-affirming homage to the healing powers of community, food, and family.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Banana Yoshimoto
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Published: 12/13/2016
ISBN: 9781619027862
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.00d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2016
Booklist 11/15/2016 pg. 23
Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 91
Publishers Weekly 12/12/2016
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Banana Yoshimoto
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Published: 12/13/2016
ISBN: 9781619027862
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.00d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2016
Booklist 11/15/2016 pg. 23
Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 91
Publishers Weekly 12/12/2016
A beautiful translation . . . Yoshimoto deploys a magically Japanese light touch to emotionally and existentially tough subject matter: domestic disarray, loneliness, identity issues, lovesickness . . . [a] nimble narrative. ―ELLE In Moshi Moshi, Yoshie's much-loved musician father has died in a suicide pact with an unknown woman. It is only when Yoshie and her mother move to Shimokitazawa, a traditional Tokyo neighborhood of narrow streets, quirky shops, and friendly residents that they can finally start to put their painful past behind them. However, despite their attempts to move forward, Yoshie is haunted by nightmares in which her father is looking for the phone he left behind on the day he died, or on which she is trying--unsuccessfully--to call him. Is her dead father trying to communicate a message to her through these dreams? With the lightness of touch and surreal detachment that are the hallmarks of her writing, Banana Yoshimoto turns a potential tragedy into a poignant coming-of-age ghost story and a life-affirming homage to the healing powers of community, food, and family.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Banana Yoshimoto
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Published: 12/13/2016
ISBN: 9781619027862
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.00d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2016
Booklist 11/15/2016 pg. 23
Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 91
Publishers Weekly 12/12/2016
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Banana Yoshimoto
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Published: 12/13/2016
ISBN: 9781619027862
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.00d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2016
Booklist 11/15/2016 pg. 23
Library Journal 12/01/2016 pg. 91
Publishers Weekly 12/12/2016